geochronology – FossilHub

March 16, 2015

Geological History of Britain (2015)

The PowerPoint slides for my 2015 one-day course on the Geological History of Britain can be downloaded here: 1. Introduction: 2015_GHB_Part1 2. Cainozoic: 2015_GHB_Part2 3. Mesozoic: 2015_GHB_Part3 4. Palaeozoic: 2015_GHB_Part4 5. Proterozoic & Archaean: 2015_GHB_Part5 To view the files I produced for my 2012 evening class on the Geological History of Britain, which provide more detail on many of the...

Teaching

December 1, 2014

Intro To Gcl Maps 8

Time, and other geological maps Week 8 lecture notes (pdf): 2014_IntroGclMaps_8 An aeromagnetic anomaly map of the Humber-Trent region (from the BGS). The World digital magnetic anomaly map, or WDMAM project. A gravity anomaly map of the Humber-Trent region (from the BGS). Overview of gravity anomaly maps and the shape of the Earth (from NASA). Gravity map traces ocean circulation...

Teaching

May 30, 2014

An Introduction to Geology: 2014

Week 9. Fossils. How to tell bone from stone: Smithsonian magazine article by Brian Switek. The Fossil Record of Cricket (an article I wrote for ESPN Cricinfo). I later wrote another on the evolution of fast throwing. Weeks 6. & 7. TECTONICS The day the Earth moved – very interesting article in Cosmos magazine describing the revolutionary times of...

Research/Teaching

March 2, 2014

A Very Short History of the Earth

ChronoZoom – an interactive time scale showing the age of life, the universe and everything (if your computer has the right browser!). Stratigraphy ICS – The International Commission on Stratigraphy (the latest geological timescale can be found here). William Smith and biostratigraphy (part of a University of California Berkeley series on the history of evolutionary thought). John Phillips – the...

Outreach/Teaching

Tag: geochronology

Geological History of Britain (2015)

Intro To Gcl Maps 8

An Introduction to Geology: 2014

A Very Short History of the Earth